Participants: John Lomacang & John Stanton
Series Code: HCL
Program Code: HCL100004
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00:01 Hello friends, grab your Bible and a friend and sit back
00:03 as we explore God's word together 00:05 on this edition of House Calls. 00:23 Welcome to Prime Time Bible. 00:25 This is the place you need to be. 00:26 I'm glad that you are wise enough to tune in, right John. 00:29 Amen. No place like this place anywhere, 00:33 near this place so this must be the place 00:35 and I hope you have your Bibles. 00:37 And I hope if you can do it, hit the record button 00:40 to record this and share with your friends and neighbors, 00:43 and anybody who missed it, 00:45 this is the program they needed to watch. 00:46 What would we gonna be covering today John, tell me about it? 00:48 You know we are going to cover our on going topic here. 00:51 We started with Baptism. 00:52 We are gonna continue with Baptism. 00:53 But some aspects that maybe people 00:56 haven't thought of it, consider before. 00:57 That's right and it's important to know that 00:59 and so friends whatever you do, don't move, 01:03 suspend all phone calls, put everything on hold 01:06 because Lord wants you to get this message today. 01:08 And we believe that if you have your Bible 01:11 and a pen and a paper, you are ready. 01:13 And so before we do anything, even answer your questions, 01:15 we gonna begin with prayer. 01:16 John, have prayer for us. 01:18 Dear Father, we ask again that you would descend upon us here 01:21 as we open your word that your spirit would lead and guide us 01:25 as we study this very important topic of Baptism 01:29 and as we answer the questions from our viewers 01:31 and our listeners in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. 01:35 I hold in my hand evidence of the fact 01:37 that you've been keeping in touch with us, 01:39 thank you so much for these questions and comments. 01:42 Some of them come via e-mail, 01:44 some of them come via snail mail, 01:46 however they get here, thank you for sending them. 01:49 And we would like to answer those questions. 01:51 And this person has extremely nice hand writing, 01:55 thank you so much, Mary. 01:58 If you are the person that you know you are, 02:00 thank you so much for this very legible handwriting, 02:04 you've been listening. 02:06 But John we gonna let you go ahead and cast off into the... 02:09 I thought you gonna take off right there with that question, 02:11 but I'll be happy. 02:13 Okay. 02:14 This question comes to us from Jamaica, Jamaica. 02:19 A place of Irie! Yes, and it's a 17-year-old, who, 02:25 this question came a while ago. 02:27 But I resurrected the question because it's the good one. 02:32 Open. 02:33 Well, it's because someone else has asked me 02:34 this question here recently, it says, since I have started 02:37 watching 3ABN I have been touched 02:39 and are on the path of regaining 02:42 a personal relationship with Christ. 02:44 Amen. Praise the Lord. 02:45 I have got two questions that I'd like you to help me with. 02:48 No 1 were Adam and Eve 02:51 literally able to talk to animals? 02:54 I ask this because it says that Eve talked 02:58 to the serpent, who was Satan. 03:00 And the second one, question is, did dinosaurs really exist? 03:05 If so where it is tallying to creation and etc? 03:09 All right. 03:10 We are a way, on this question here, 03:12 thank you very much for writing in, 03:14 we appreciate that, the first question here about, 03:18 was Adam and Eve Literally able to talk with animals? 03:21 I don't think that there is any evidence 03:22 that they actually had a conversation with animals. 03:25 But I believe that probably, it's very likely that there was 03:28 a much more easily understood perception 03:35 from animals, 03:36 from the animals' perspective of what Adam and Eve, 03:38 their masters or the ones 03:39 that oversaw the earth wanted from them. 03:44 In another words, you know, whether it be 03:46 a close relationship or close friendship. 03:49 You know whether you are hugging your animal, 03:50 or really kind of holding on, 03:52 and you know how we love our animals, 03:54 we love our pets. Yeah, love our pets. 03:55 I believe to a degree there was a pet relationship 03:57 between Adam and Eve and all the animals 03:59 that were in the Garden of Eden. 04:01 You know it was nice about that John. 04:02 I am gonna let you continue about that thought 04:04 is He was the only pet owner. 04:07 Yeah, that's right. 04:08 He and his wife Eve, good thing they didn't have 04:11 to take the animals for a walk. 04:12 They would've been out for a long, long time. 04:16 But I don't believe that there any evidence, 04:18 with in scripture that there was a conversation of source 04:21 that they actually could speak animal language and communicate. 04:25 The other reason for that is because there's no indication 04:28 here that animals have that kind of intellect. 04:31 Now I am not saying animals are dumb by any means, 04:33 they're not but they communicate on a whole different level. 04:37 And it is in cognitive level 04:39 that humans relate to today. 04:45 Now the further question here, a part of the question is 04:49 how is then the Eve communicated with the serpent? 04:53 She didn't find it odd for the serpent to be talking with her. 04:56 Well I think actually this lands more to the conclusion 05:01 that they did not talked to the animals more than they did, 05:04 then it does that they did talk to the animals, 05:06 here's why say that, is because the serpent used 05:10 the fact that he could talk with Eve as resulting 05:15 from him eating the fruit. 05:17 You understand what I am saying John here? 05:19 So he said you know, look what this has done for me. 05:22 And clearly he was on a superior level to the other animals 05:27 in communicating with Eve that deceived her into thinking 05:31 that this fruit somehow gave him, the serpent something, 05:35 that the other animals didn't have. 05:37 So that tells me the other animals were not able 05:39 to communicate on that level with Adam and Eve. 05:41 See, I am saying, see the reasoning in there. 05:43 So a part of the serpent's deception here, 05:48 and of course we know Satan speaking 05:50 or channeling through the serpent, 05:52 let's get that straight, it wasn't the serpent actually 05:54 speaking as much was Satan channeling 05:57 through the serpent that part of the deception was as look 06:00 how wise I have become in eating this fruit. 06:03 You can become that wise as well, eat or take. 06:06 See what it'll give as a human being, 06:08 look what has given to me as an animal. 06:10 I'm glad you mentioned that 06:11 because I'm glad you used the word, Channeling, 06:14 because in fact that's what happen. 06:16 One of the reasons why we read the text 06:18 and sometimes it flies over our head 06:21 and I am using that in the punch sense 06:23 is because the serpent was able to fly at one time. 06:27 Why would it be a curse if he always crawled on his belly? 06:32 But because he allowed himself to be used of the serpent, 06:37 and that in itself is something 06:39 we will understand better in eternity, 06:42 all the details that are not mentioned in that particular, 06:45 in that particular description 06:48 of what happened in the Garden of Eden. 06:49 But obviously there was some allowance 06:53 on the part of the serpent, that Satan came in 06:56 and channeled through him and communicated to Eve. 07:00 Now we know the angel Satan could talk. 07:03 We know the angel Satan could communicate, 07:05 thereby coming into the serpent. 07:08 And when you look at Genesis, matter of fact, 07:10 go with us to the book of Genesis Chapter 3. 07:14 You begin to see clearly that the Lord address 07:16 the issue in a very direct way. 07:21 He says, Genesis Chapter 3 verse 14, 07:28 well let's start with the verse 12 because the man said, 07:33 It's a terrible verse, "The mam said, 07:35 "the woman whom you gave to be with me 07:38 she gave me of the tree, and I ate." 07:41 And the Lord said to the woman, 07:42 "What is this that you have done?" 07:44 And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 07:48 Notice the blame game, but now notice verse 14, 07:52 "So the Lord said to the serpent, 07:54 see the Lord is able to communicate 07:55 with all of His creation that's what clearly delineated here, 07:58 the Lord is able to communicate because He created everything, 08:02 So the Lord said to the serpent, notice what he is, 08:04 notice how he is talking at the serpent, 08:06 he's actually communicating to the serpent, 08:09 so the serpent here clearly understands God's voice, 08:13 in the same way, he said, to the waves 08:15 and the seas be still into the wind sees, 08:19 that's English language, we understand that. 08:22 And the same way God is able 08:23 to communicate to all of His creation. 08:24 In the way they understand what he's saying, 08:26 not in a way that they communicate 08:28 as humans communicate back and forth, 08:30 I want to make that statement here 08:32 because it's not that level. 08:34 And I also want to point out 08:35 that the serpent didn't respond back 08:37 because he didn't had the capacity 08:38 to talk back to the God, that's the other part, 08:41 but notice what the Lord said "Because you have done this, 08:44 "you are cursed more than all cattle 08:46 "and more than every beast of the field 08:49 "and here's the curse, on your belly you shall go, 08:52 and you shall dust all the days of your life." 08:56 Now, I don't know if we rejoice on that note 09:00 or not but I would just imagine today John, 09:03 if the Lord didn't take from the serpent 09:05 the ability to fly, and all snakes flew, 09:09 can you imagine a flying boa constrictor? 09:13 A flying cobra, a flying, 09:17 what the other one, a rattle snake. 09:19 I can't imagine getting away from a flying cobra, 09:23 a flying python, boa constrictor, rattle snake. 09:28 It would make earth a terrible place to be, 09:31 I like flying birds but we do something terrible. 09:35 And so I clearly see in that sense the reason 09:37 why there is no dialogue of the serpent talking back, 09:40 is because the serpent didn't have the ability to talk. 09:44 But now you have Revelation 12 09:45 and you see that Jesus makes a clear reference to that, 09:48 the very serpent, the serpent of old. 09:51 But notice who he describe that serpent to be, 09:54 the devil and Satan who deceives the whole world. 09:57 And the woman said, she was deceived, 09:59 and so serpent was the one, Satan was the one actively 10:03 speaking through the serpent of Eve. 10:07 I agree, the second question here, 10:10 a part of the question is, did dinosaurs really exist, 10:14 absolutely, the dinosaurs existed, 10:15 there's evidence of that. 10:17 But if so where would this tie in with creation? 10:23 You know and let me say this, there are many people 10:25 with different views on this, so I have to say that. 10:29 What we express here or what we believe, 10:33 our views that are harmonizing with scripture, 10:37 harmonize with God's plan and His creation. 10:40 I think probably most. 10:43 The most prevalent views would be one, 10:45 God created the dinosaurs, number two, 10:49 would be that God created something 10:51 very like the dinosaurs but the dinosaurs 10:53 became something He never planned them 10:55 becoming because man began to do things 11:00 with interconnecting at least the species 11:04 and He's had amalgamations that what we see today in dinosaurs, 11:08 that's the other thought too. 11:09 So I don't know, your views on that John 11:11 but it doesn't seem like God would create something 11:16 like a tea racks with the weird looking arms 11:18 and all that stuff, it really looks like 11:20 amalgamation to a degree, 11:23 rather then just a pure creation from the outset. 11:26 But then again you know, I have to be honest, 11:28 I arrived a conclusion on that either, 11:31 so I am openly being convinced you know either way. 11:37 To be able to bring some gravity to this, 11:39 we've had people that have come to 3ABN 11:41 and have done programs on dinosaurs. 11:44 And they have done an excellent job 11:45 explaining them of their origin, obviously they said yes, 11:49 this was something that was in the earth. 11:52 But they noticed also that were most of, 11:55 if not all the fossils are being found, 11:58 they're being found by a regions, 12:01 or in regions where the elevation is higher. 12:03 And they said that during the flood, 12:05 one of the reasons why these animals did not exist 12:08 after the flood is one they were not invited into the ark, 12:12 they were not in the ark, that's an obvious thing 12:15 because they would have made it on the other side of the flood. 12:17 This animals not being in the ark, 12:19 there fossils are found in the high elevations 12:22 that's where you find in places like Nevada in Colorado, 12:26 and where there at the base of the mountains 12:28 or higher elevations, they try to escape the rising waters. 12:33 If you are on the same thing, a down in South America, 12:36 they said, these fossils are found by places 12:39 that have high elevation, clear indications. 12:42 They are not found in the Mid West, 12:44 they are not found in the flat plain places like Florida. 12:49 You know, no offence to Florida, but they are not found 12:52 in those regions which the archeologists 12:55 and the geologists say and those who paleontologists, 12:59 all point out that these beasts did exist 13:02 but they did not exist post flood. 13:05 And so you have phrases like the Leviathan, 13:08 which is in fact another term for the snake or... 13:10 and then you have the serpent which also the Leviathan. 13:14 We now also use the word dragon which is used in Revelation 12, 13:18 the dragon with seven heads and ten horns, 13:22 this fiery red dragon or the scarlet colored beast. 13:25 And so those things existed and the reason why 13:28 that language is used is because the serpent 13:31 did have wings at one point. 13:34 And the description in the Bible given 13:36 verifies that to be the truth. 13:38 But once again I thank the Lord that snakes don't fly, 13:42 and I thank the Lord that we don't have dinosaurs today. 13:44 Yeah, and there is a lot that we don't know about 13:45 how everything happened to, and that' s what I wanted to say 13:47 that we are probably not the authority of this subject, 13:50 all we can do is point you to those 13:53 who have studied a lot more. 13:54 And provide maybe a synopsis a very brief one 13:58 as we have of the possibilities. 14:00 And you know 3ABN has programs, if you contact 3ABN and ask 14:05 in their library, maybe they'll be able to get it to you, 14:08 and say that, if maybe that really gets you going there, 14:11 maybe they'll be able to get it to you some very, 14:14 very good programming and also give you some books. 14:17 I think Pastor Batchelor wrote a small pamphlet 14:19 about some of that, if I am mistaken I apologize 14:22 but I believe, he has something that partially explains that. 14:26 And but for those who are authorities they are Christians 14:29 that have done an intense research, 14:32 creation scientists have done research on these things too. 14:35 And they point out that the different levels 14:39 that people talk about are evidences of millions 14:41 and billions of years, they have an explanation for that too. 14:45 And once again creation is only about 6000 years old. 14:49 And they show how that is in fact something 14:51 that is a plausible and provable foundation. 14:56 Oh, this person has a question, kind of lengthy here, 14:58 they kind of explaining to us what their position is, 15:04 Oh Ranold, thank you so much for this email. 15:08 It says, at the time of flood man's thoughts 15:10 were evil continually they were out of harmony with nature. 15:15 As our population has been growing 15:17 and morality has declined in last centaury, 15:20 earthquakes seem to have increased an amount 15:24 and intensity in mere images of these factors. 15:28 Jesus said, if we had faith we could move mountains, 15:33 do you think our mind could have influences 15:36 on the physical earth? 15:37 Well, that was spiritually there, obviously the intend 15:40 there was no matter what your situation is, 15:43 if you have enough faith, and He even pointed out 15:45 in contrast faith like a grain of a mustard seed. 15:49 You could say, that the mountain be removed 15:50 and be casted at the sea. 15:52 Well, there is no recorded evidence of that happening, 15:54 we do have a record though in scripture when Joshua prayed, 15:59 what happened to the sun? 16:01 When Elisha prayed it didn't rained for three and half years, 16:05 and so we have evidences but these were not the things 16:07 that the mind did, but these were the answers to the prayer 16:11 that these were the signs that God gave. 16:14 Of that He would in fact lengthen when has prayed, 16:19 God had a 15 more years to His life. 16:22 And so we find the sun going backward, 16:26 we find that the lord is sending flood to the earth, 16:30 we find that He sent destruction from the skies, 16:33 these are all evidences of people taking His word 16:36 by fate but not telekinesis or metaphysics 16:41 which are the terms nowadays used. 16:42 Metaphysics is the science of moving things with your mind. 16:46 With paranormal, God doesn't give us 16:48 those kinds of feelings or abilities. 16:50 But He continues, the Bible says, 16:53 that the God holds the pillars firm not that He destroys 16:57 but holds together, and will come to destroy those 17:01 who destroy the earth that's Revelation 11. 17:04 They were much easy ways to eliminate the pre-flood 17:06 people then, then flood the earth, this is His opinion. 17:12 I think God gets blamed for a lot of things he hasn't done. 17:16 The Bible says, He'll never bring a flood again. 17:19 Well, if He is holding the world together now 17:22 there is no fountains of the deep to flood the world. 17:26 Peter said, it is now reserved for fire, 17:29 the time when he releases, 17:31 His hold there is only lave to come up. 17:35 And let me even add in fire to come down. 17:39 Okay, here's the text he's referring to, 17:41 2nd Peter 3 and verse 7, so this is kind of him sharing 17:44 his view points on these particular areas. 17:47 2nd Peter 3 verse 7, but the heavens and the earth 17:50 which are now preserved by the same world are reserved 17:55 for fire unto the Day of Judgment 17:58 and perdition of ungodly men, where as the NIV says, 18:04 being kept for the Day of Judgment 18:06 and destruction of ungodly men. 18:08 So there's a fire that's being held, 18:10 and that fire is the fire of purification, so, yes, 18:13 but two questions that are answered, 18:15 no we can't move things with our mind. 18:18 And secondly, he has the world as being preserved, 18:20 for destruction by fire the second time, 18:23 and he tells on that. 18:24 No, that's very well played, we have a question here 18:27 that comes from Penny, and she says, 18:31 could you please explain Ezekiel Chapter 9, 18:33 okay, is this a prophecy for the end time? 18:37 It all seems so unlike God. 18:40 And she says, thank you for your thoughts. Okay. 18:42 So let's turn to Ezekiel Chapter 9. 18:47 And I think as we read Ezekiel 9, 18:50 you'll find that there are some very strong 18:53 connections with Revelation. 18:57 That is right, okay, we are there, I mean I am there. 19:01 And It's not a very long Chapter, 19:03 I'll read here beginning with verse 1, 19:06 "Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice 19:09 "saying, let those who have charged over the city 19:12 draw near each with a deadly weapon in his hand." 19:15 And suddenly six men from the direction 19:18 of the upper gate which faces north, 19:20 each with his battle axe in his hand, 19:23 one man among them was clothed with linen 19:26 and had writers in coin at a side. 19:29 And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar. 19:31 Now the glory of the God of the God of Israel had gone up 19:35 from the cherub on where it had been 19:37 to the threshold of the temple. 19:39 And he called to a man clothed with linen, 19:43 the man clothed with linen, 19:44 who had the writers in coin at his side. 19:47 And the Lord said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, 19:50 "through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads 19:54 "of the men who sigh and cry over the abominations done 19:58 "in the land or done with in it, excuse me, 20:01 I am bringing other translations as I re-thoughts into it." 20:05 To the others He said in my hearing, 20:08 "Go after him through the city and kill, 20:10 "do not let your eye spare nor have any pity. 20:13 "Utterly slay old men and young men and maidens, 20:16 "and little children and women, but do not come near any one 20:20 "on whom is the mark. 20:22 And begin at my sanctuary." 20:24 So they began with the elders who were before the temple. 20:27 Then he said to them, "Defile the temple, 20:30 and fill the courts with the slain. Go out." 20:33 And they went out and killed in the city. 20:37 Yeah, it is the clear and I think you. 20:40 And there is little more there but I stopped there 20:42 so we could comment on that at least. 20:45 And notice two things that stand out really clearly here when, 20:50 when the angel with the writers ink coin 20:55 at the side go through, 20:56 he's putting the mark on the foreheads. 20:59 He's putting the mark on the foreheads, 21:01 and he's going to Jerusalem, 21:04 he's going to Jerusalem clearly here. 21:07 Now it had not only a fulfillment in the past 21:11 but it has a clear reflection on Revelation Chapter 7. 21:16 Revelation Chapter 7, you'll see clearly that 21:20 if we go there Revelation Chapter 7 verse 1 and 4, 21:26 The Lord is talking about a time where harm 21:29 and judgment will come to the earth. 21:32 But He says, before that is done I want to seal 21:35 the servants of our God on their foreheads. 21:39 Ezekiel 9 says, a mark on their forehead. 21:42 And the thing about that is when they receive the mark, 21:45 this destruction more even affects those 21:47 who have the mark on their forehead. 21:49 He says don't come near anybody who has the mark, 21:51 but what about those who don't have the mark. 21:53 It's clearly pointed out what's going to happen. 21:56 He says, slay utterly young and old, don't even have pity. 21:59 And so I think that's what the person is saying, 22:01 that it seem so unlike God. 22:04 But what we have to keep in mind is, 22:06 what happens in the point of destruction is not that God 22:10 or betrayal the society you know I'm going to kill everybody, 22:13 that's not who God is God is not a murderer. 22:16 But God is the God of justice. God is the God of judgment. 22:19 He's also the God of mercy and compassion. 22:22 But the decision is being made to be saved 22:25 or to be lost is not the decision that God makes, 22:28 is the decision that we make. 22:30 And the thing that we have to remember here, 22:32 is that when we are talking about God's judgment, 22:35 you know the executive judgment the meeting out the punishment, 22:38 it always comes after mercy. 22:43 You see, we think okay God has to be merciful all the time, 22:47 and God is merciful all the time 22:49 until it is time for the judgment. 22:52 So God doesn't just punish or meet out judgment, 22:57 just for the sake of it, He only does that on the heels 23:00 or at the end of a extended prayer of the mercy. 23:03 So we're talking about those individuals 23:06 who receive the judgment of God 23:07 or experience the judgment of God, 23:09 after they have rejected His mercy. 23:12 You understand what I am saying? 23:13 So there's got to be a rejection of mercy 23:15 before there is a judgment. 23:18 I wouldn't say that any of us would say be merciful 23:22 to the serial killer out there, and let him keep on living 23:28 as he's living, killing people. 23:29 At some points, someone is gonna say, 23:31 would someone stop him? 23:34 Right, would someone judge him and make sure 23:38 he does not do this any longer 23:40 and that's what we are seeing here. 23:41 And we are not talking about, we are not talking about 23:44 vigilante is a myth would someone stop him, 23:47 what in an essence we are talking about here is, 23:49 at some point his reign of terror has to come to an end. 23:52 And now I want to add to this, you are not saying 23:55 that God is not a God of mercy 23:56 when He meet His out justice and judgment either. 23:59 He is in mercy, He does that. 24:00 Exactly, it is in mercy He does that. 24:03 But to show you the character of God, 24:04 2nd Peter 3 verse 9, as this particular point, 24:07 the Lord is not slack concerning His promises. 24:11 Some count slackness but it is the long suffering toward us, 24:15 not willing that any should perish, 24:18 but they all should come to repentance. 24:20 Not willing that any should perish, 24:22 what comes to your mind that whosoever believe in Him 24:25 should not perish but have everlasting life, John 3:16. 24:29 So the Lord is...God that is not, 24:31 He's not coming down here saying, you know, 24:33 I can't wait to wipe that murderer out, 24:37 it is when we go from the court setting 24:40 as you pointed out in the last program. 24:43 When the verdict is in and those who are not 24:46 covered with Jesus' character are now unjust 24:51 and filthy eternally then you cannot pollute 24:54 the universe that is only for righteousness and justice. 24:57 You cannot pollute the universe. 24:59 And the same way when the garbage begins to smell, 25:02 you get it out of the house. 25:04 And the same way God is going to make a new heaven 25:06 and the new earth where only righteousness dwells. 25:09 So sin cannot exists in the presence of righteousness. 25:13 And that simply what's going to be happening. 25:15 God is not making choices to wipe out. 25:18 They are making choices not to be saved 25:21 and therefore they would be destroyed, 25:24 and in mercy God is going meet out 25:28 that justice and that judgment. 25:30 So it's a lot to talk about here but we want to make sure that 25:32 people see that God is, in fact the God of love. 25:35 But His love is not apart from His justice 25:38 and that's the picture there, 25:39 in Ezekiel 9 and Revelation Chapter 7. 25:43 That's right, and as we go in here, 25:46 we need to make sure that we are identifying 25:49 the right group that is experiencing this judgment. 25:53 This is talking about Jerusalem and those who worship there. 25:58 So within God's church, and I would call this 26:02 the visible church of God here. 26:05 If there is going to be a judgment in advance of those 26:09 who are as Revelation speaks 26:12 of outside the temple. 26:15 The outside of the court yard, which is given the Gentiles, 26:19 in fact, I think we look at Revelation 11: it says, 26:24 I was given a read like measuring Lord, verse 1, 26:28 and the angel stood saying, rise and measure 26:31 the temple of God the altar, those who worship there, 26:33 but leave out the court which is outside the temple 26:36 and do not measure it for it is given to the Gentiles. 26:40 So here you know, all though there's an historical 26:42 application to this, there is a future application 26:45 to this in light of Ezekiel 9 which says that in Jerusalem 26:50 the judgment of God would begin out the house of God. 26:53 1st Peter 4:17, And this is where we are seeing 26:56 Judgment occurs here as Ezekiel 9 explains 26:59 in Jerusalem prior to the judgment of all people. 27:05 And this makes sense John, if we think about it 27:08 God does need to execute judgment 27:12 before He seals those to finish the work. 27:16 So there's got to be a judgment before sealing 27:18 because once you sealed, you are judged, 27:21 I mean that's it. 27:23 You' re sealed in the righteousness 27:25 and the salvation of Jesus Christ 27:27 and you've sealed for a specific purpose of finishing the work. 27:30 And so we're finding this that God needs to send 27:33 people into His house, into Jerusalem, 27:36 into His church, and meet out a judgment there 27:40 before He can get those ready before He seals those 27:45 for the work outside on the worldwide global scale. 27:49 That's right, that's the good point, 27:52 capping it off, 1st Peter 4:17, "For the time has come 27:56 "for judgment to begin at the house of God, 28:00 "and if it begins with us first, 28:02 "what will the be the end of those 28:03 who do not obey the gospel of God?" 28:06 Now verse 18, "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, 28:11 where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?" 28:16 1st Peter 4:17 and 18. 28:18 Wow, is a very good topic, you know because Ezekiel 9 28:20 is often used to frighten people, when in fact, 28:23 if you are in a saving relationship with Jesus, 28:25 there is no fear, perfect love cast out fear, 28:28 you are walking in Christ, you don't walk around, 28:30 oh, am I going to be slaughtered? 28:31 That's the term that's being used 28:32 by some exterior groups of the church. 28:35 The slaughter they call it, well, in fact, 28:37 it is a terrible slaughter but not for those 28:40 who are in Christ Jesus, not for those who are covered 28:43 and sealed by His righteousness. 28:45 No, I might also add that there is connection to sighing 28:47 and crying over the abominations done with in it, 28:50 there's a connection to that. 28:53 With that statement too, the antitypical 28:57 experience of the Day of Atonement. 29:01 Because we talk about those who are sorrowful for their sins, 29:05 who want to do all they can to make sure 29:07 that their sins are confessed and repented of, 29:11 and so there's this, this picture, 29:15 you know of being sorrowful for the sin that is in the land. 29:18 And this it seems like, it's at the end of the antitypical 29:22 Day of Atonement where judgment is concluding 29:24 with at least the house of God. 29:27 That's right, very good point anyway. 29:28 Thank you very much. 29:30 Well we gonna to transit this into our program, 29:33 that is into our Bible topic a study for today, 29:36 which is in fact, purity and power, 29:39 and it's a wonderful folder actually, 29:43 but we are using this as a springboard, 29:46 so if anybody who watched just now 29:47 and heard our questions, if anybody has any questions, 29:51 so you'd like to send us comment about what we talked about, 29:53 send them to Housecalls@3abn.org, 29:56 that's housecall@3abn.org. 29:59 And we promiseto get back to you on that. 30:01 And as you see, we can only get through about 30:05 two or three questions per program 30:07 because we wanna do them justice 30:09 and answer them accordingly so that your... your time 30:15 that you take them to send them to us 30:16 can be worthwhile. 30:18 I think we ended last program 30:21 with comments with Romans six, 30:24 the comments of making sure that old man is dead and buried. 30:30 And living in the newness of life, didn't we? 30:33 We sure as a matter of fact, I liked that point, 30:36 we don't know the condition were born in, 30:39 when we are born we are really in a terrible condition 30:42 many of us don't know how bad it is. 30:44 But Paul the apostle, 30:47 under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit 30:49 gives us this picture, 30:53 what so funny about this, the terminology he uses, 30:55 because growing up. 30:58 In New York city, 30:59 people often would refer to somebody's husband 31:01 as your old man or their boy friend, 31:02 how's your old man doing? And so in that same question, 31:06 we gonna keep that frame work for those of you, 31:09 who have heard that term before, 31:11 keep that framework together as John follows us through. 31:14 Remember Baptism is first death to sin, 31:18 and also resurrection to walk in the newness of life, 31:22 that life has to come from some where else. 31:24 But actually what was put to death? 31:27 Yeah, let's read verses 6 and 7. 31:29 okay, go ahead. 31:30 Knowing this that our old man was crucified with Him, 31:34 that the body of sin might be done away with, 31:37 there we should no longer be slaves of sin. 31:41 For He who has died has been freed from sin. 31:46 Praise the Lord for that, 31:47 I mean that is a wonderful promise there 31:49 that when we die to our sin, we're actually free from sin. 31:54 And you know there's a lot in this text. 31:58 Well, here's one thing that we take from this 32:01 and that is before we met Christ, 32:05 before we died to sin, 32:07 before we had the opportunity 32:08 through Baptism to express our desire 32:11 to follow Christ with our life from that point on. 32:14 We were controlled by the power of sin, 32:17 now a lot of people would say, 32:18 you know, I don't want to be a Christian, 32:22 I just want to live my own life. 32:24 And what they don't realize is that there is no choice 32:27 that it I want to live my own life, 32:29 you either control by the power of sin, 32:32 or you control by the power of the Holy Spirit, 32:35 and Christ living in your life, 32:38 and all though we can choose one or the other 32:41 that's the freedom of choice. 32:43 There is a power 32:45 that comes from within that is either one or the other, 32:48 and we, it is up to us to choose what we want to follow, 32:52 are we following the power of sin 32:54 that leads us to do things 32:56 that are contrary to God and His law, 32:58 or we are living into the power of the Holy Spirit, 33:00 the power of Christ. 33:01 I find it very interesting to John that, 33:04 and we can distinguish this here for just a moment, 33:07 there's a Baptism by immersion into water, 33:12 and there is Baptism by the Holy Spirit. 33:16 And what we can talk about the differences is to whether 33:19 they happen at the same time 33:21 or whether they happen at different times. 33:23 I think that the key point here is that the Holy Spirit 33:27 is essential to Baptism and in it's entirety. 33:32 You can't just be baptized by the water 33:34 and then not be filled by the Holy Spirit, 33:37 you have to be baptized by both. 33:40 And as the ongoing in filling 33:42 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in your life, 33:44 they mix even the Baptism by water by immersion effectual. 33:48 Very good point. 33:50 That allows that first Baptism into Christ 33:54 to have it's full effect. 33:56 The Baptism of the Holy Spirit 33:58 needs to continually occur in life. 34:00 You know, that's very well put John, 34:02 the reason is I'm going to use this example, 34:05 you have heard of the energizer bunny, 34:08 this guy would continue to... 34:13 what is the entire effect of that 34:15 commercial is the fact that if the battery die, 34:18 so does the bunny, or, the power goes off, 34:21 if the energizer bunny doesn't have the copper type battery, 34:25 or the energizer battery inside them, 34:27 that's the different function that's Duracell, 34:29 now I got a mixed up but the whole point of view. 34:31 Unless there is power within you, 34:33 Unless there is a power at work in you, 34:35 Unless there is a power at work in you. 34:38 you have no power and no ability 34:41 to live a Christ centered righteous life. 34:43 I am going to go back to that 34:44 and then I am going to turn the Ephesians 4, 34:46 because Ephesians 4 builds on this, 34:48 notice what happens. 34:50 I'm going to verse 6, knowing this Romans 6:6: 34:53 "Knowing this that our old-man was crucified." 34:57 So right away Baptism is death, 34:59 death of what? Our old man. 35:02 Now why is our old man needing to be dead? 35:05 Okay, I am going to jump very short now, 35:08 to Romans 7 okay, 35:11 but then we are going to go Ephesians 4. 35:14 Break this down, because keep this in mind, 35:17 picture a wedding, 35:21 when sin entered the world, 35:24 let me put the frame work here when sin entered the world, 35:28 Jesus said to Eve, 35:31 your desire shall be for your husband, 35:35 and he'll rule over you. 35:37 What that in an essence meant, 35:40 that was not talking about slavery 35:41 but he was in essence saying, 35:43 that Eve is subject now to the authority of her husband. 35:46 In the same way when you look at the way 35:48 the Bible describes marriage, 35:50 Christ is the head of the church, 35:52 the husband is the head of the wife. 35:54 So there's somebody over the woman, 35:56 in the same way the church is the woman, 35:58 okay, in the relationship of who is in control 36:02 is the real issue here. 36:04 Now when you think about the marriage 36:05 in the biblical sense, 36:06 this is unless that a husband dies, 36:10 that woman can't really be married to somebody else. 36:13 So her old man has to die 36:15 in order for her to be free now to be married to somebody else. 36:18 So when that old nature is put to death, 36:21 this is Baptism, 36:22 when we go out in the pool, we are saying, 36:25 I want that old man that ruled me 36:27 that made me do all these bad things, 36:29 bad thoughts, bad habits, 36:30 bad attitudes, unruly, rebellious, 36:33 I want that man to be put to death. 36:36 But Jesus says, 36:37 okay, here's how is gonna be done, 36:39 he's got to be buried, Baptism. 36:43 But in order for you now to have the power that you desire 36:45 you have to come out to that grave 36:47 as you just pointed out the Holy Spirit 36:48 has to come in now and reside on the in side 36:51 and that means the newness of life in Christ. 36:53 And it's resurrection power. 36:55 Resurrection power, exactly, not just the power of Baptism, 36:59 but the power of the Resurrection, 37:01 so we are walking in resurrection power. 37:02 But now john walk us through this 37:04 and we gonna stop along the way and make some comments, 37:06 Romans Chapter 7, really gives us a picture 37:09 an exploded view of what's actually being 37:12 talked about by Paul in Romans Chapter 6. 37:15 He's talking about the old man now, 37:17 how he needs to die. 37:18 Let's look at it. 37:20 Start with verse... start with verse 1, 37:24 Romans 7 verse 1, 37:25 and then we gonna go down to verse 6. 37:27 "Do you not know brother 37:29 for I speak to those who know the law, 37:31 that the law has demonian over a man, 37:33 as long as he lives." 37:34 Now this is funny, 37:36 people have used that verse John to say, 37:38 that's the reason why, 37:39 when we are no longer unto the law were free, 37:41 that's not what he's talking about, keep going. 37:45 "For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law 37:48 to her husband as long as he lives, 37:50 but if the husband dies, 37:51 she is released from the law of her husband." 37:54 Okay, notice the law of her husband, 37:57 see this is not talking about the law of God, 38:00 this is talking about the law of her husband. 38:03 See the freedom that come here, 38:06 the woman, the law that is keeping this woman in, 38:09 in bondage, or in subjection is the law of her husband, 38:13 and get this in mind. 38:14 And her husband is prior to the husband in being Christ. 38:17 Exactly. 38:19 It's the old man sin is the husband. 38:21 Okay, the nature, and what happens is, 38:23 lot of people don't see this nature, 38:25 let's look at what this law states. 38:28 I want you to see this law. 38:29 And remember the law of gravity, it can't be violated. 38:32 You can think you've violated, 38:34 jump of the 100 storey building 38:35 for 99 storeys, you'll be smiling, 38:37 what does that mean, 38:39 the 100th one you won't be smiling, 38:41 so don't try it. 38:43 There are these storeys anyway, 38:44 you won't even crack the smile hardly until last four. 38:48 And last four, you'll know, 38:49 okay, gravity is still in effect. 38:52 Now I said that, I wanna stop along 38:55 and this is some injection, this is good stuff. 38:58 Go with me to Matthew 7, 39:00 we gonna come back here to Romans 7. 39:02 But go with me to Matthew 7, I want you to see something, 39:04 I am putting all these pieces of paper 39:07 in my Bible to remember, 39:09 I'm saying, like my good friend 39:11 in the New York to remember where I was. 39:13 Look at the Matthew 7 now, we gonna see this law, 39:15 this law is gonna be really delineate here. 39:19 And what's so nice about what we gonna see here, 39:22 okay, here we are, 39:24 is this law is not a law 39:27 that has ifs ands or buts in it. 39:30 It's a definitive law, 39:32 and this law governs who we are 39:35 and who we can't be, all right. 39:38 Look at the law here, Matthew Chapter 7: 39:41 And we are gonna start 39:44 with verse 16, verse 16, 39:48 and we are going to go down to verse. 39:51 Actually the verse that we want to read 39:52 our verse 16 down to verse 19 or verse 20. 39:57 Okay John, you have that, start with verse 16. 39:59 "You will know them by their fruits, 40:01 do men get their grapes for from thorn bushes 40:04 or figs from thistles, if so. 40:06 No, no even so, even, did I say, what did I say, you say if so, 40:11 I don't know what wrong with my reading today. 40:13 I don't know. 40:14 Probably I need the reading glasses like you have on. 40:17 Even so every good tree bears good fruit 40:19 but a bad tree bears a bad fruit. And verse 18. 40:23 "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, 40:26 and what can't a bad tree bear a good fruit." 40:28 Okay, notice that there's a can't, 40:30 can't in both the verses, 40:33 a bad tree cannot bear a good fruit, 40:37 a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, 40:42 all right, that's the fact. 40:43 So we get now, so when a person is married, 40:47 so verse 20 says, 40:48 therefore by their fruits you'll know them. 40:50 Is it any wonder, let's go back to Romans 7 now, 40:53 is it any wonder that the Bible talked about 40:55 the fruit of the spirit. 40:57 Now get this, when this woman kills that old man. 41:01 And I got to use the example now, 41:03 when that old man is put to death, 41:05 when that old nature is put to death. 41:07 She's no longer bound by his law, 41:09 which means the bad tree. He's the bad tree. 41:14 Would we have to put to death a good tree? Yes, or no. 41:17 would we have to put to death a good tree? No. 41:20 Exactly, which one do we want to put it? 41:22 The bad one, okay, so this bad tree 41:23 that's put to death, no longer has dominion over me 41:29 because that husband that old nature is dead. 41:33 And who is that old nature? What's it's name? 41:36 First Corinthians 15 verse 22: as in Adam all die, 41:42 that's the old man Adam. 41:45 Who is the new man we'll tell you in a moment. 41:47 Now let's finish up Roman 7. 41:49 This is really good, this is about 41:51 back to the spirit about, this about not how you 41:53 are baptized but what actually happens, 41:55 now let's go to the Romans Chapter 7 and verse 3, 41:59 this is really vitally important. 42:02 Go about verse 2. We just read 2. 42:05 Okay. Yeah verse 3: "So then if while her husband 42:08 lives she marries another man, she would be called adulteress. 42:12 But if her husband die she is free from that law, 42:16 so that she is no adulteress 42:18 though she is married to another man." 42:20 Okay, stop, stop, stop. 42:24 The old man will say you are killing me. 42:26 But watch what's happening now, for those who are not yet 42:31 divorced from that old nature, for those who are not yet 42:35 baptized haven't killed that old nature. 42:39 So here's the thing for those who have not put 42:41 that old nature to death through Baptism, it still alive. 42:46 But here's the problem John, there are some people 42:49 that have not been baptized who claim to be married 42:54 to Christ what is that called? Adultery. 42:58 Adultery, the old man says, wait a minute, wait a minute, 43:02 you are still my wife, how could you claimed 43:05 to be married to Christ? 43:07 So if you say you are a Christian, 43:10 and you have not been buried in death, 43:13 buried in Christ, or baptized into death. 43:18 If that old nature has been put to death. 43:20 if haven't risen to the newness of life, 43:22 there is no way, there is no way that you are married to Christ, 43:27 that's what this is saying. 43:28 You cannot be married to Christ, 43:30 until that old man is put to death. 43:32 And why what happens, so look at the rest of it, 43:35 and he says, unless that man is dead, 43:37 you are nothing more than an adulterer. 43:39 You are nothing more than the adulteress. 43:41 You in a un authorized relationship 43:46 and this what happens. Verse 4: "Therefore my brethren, 43:50 you also have become dead to the law through the body 43:53 of Christ that you maybe married to another to Him who was raised 43:58 from the dead that we shall bear fruit to God. 44:01 Okay, I am so excited about this, 44:04 it' s taking me back to the seminar 44:05 I preached about, The Adam's family. 44:11 So what happened here, now what's happening here, 44:14 now when that old man is dead, 44:16 you can't have his children anymore. 44:19 But what do you have now, 44:20 look at the end of that verse, verse 4 again John. 44:23 "To Him who was raised from the dead 44:26 that he shall bear the fruit to God." 44:28 That He should bear a fruit to God, 44:30 where is the fruit? Where is the fruit? 44:33 Where is the fruit? Galatians, go to the fruit. 44:37 Let's look at the fruit of the both men, 44:40 this is the key. 44:42 Let's look at the fruit of both of those men. 44:44 Galatians Chapter 5, and by the way, 44:48 by the way friends, it's not called 44:52 the fruits of the spirit, 44:55 it' s called the fruit, 44:58 you notice it says, bear fruit to God 45:01 not bear fruits to God, he only ate one fruit 45:07 that let us into death. 45:10 By one fruit, the fruit of righteousness, 45:14 this is the result of being married to Christ. 45:16 Now John give us both of those fruit, 45:19 look at Galatians 5 starting with verse 19, 45:23 "This is the fruit of that old man before we look 45:28 at the fruit of the new man. 45:30 "Now the works of the flesh are evident which are adultery, 45:34 fornication, uncleanness, lewdness idolatry, 45:37 sorcery, hatred contentions, jealously, outburst of wrath, 45:42 selfish ambitions, dissentions, heresies, envy, murders, 45:46 drunkenness, rivalries and the like of which I tell you 45:49 before hand just as I also told you and time passed 45:53 that those who practice such things will not inherit 45:56 the kingdom of God." 45:57 Okay, in other words, you are not even in my house, 45:59 you and I are bringing those practices from the old man 46:02 into this relationship, there's no way. 46:04 You gonna be in my house because you are not my bride. 46:07 Okay, but now what happens when we are dead to that old man 46:11 as Paul says in Romans 7. 46:13 Now we can bear fruit to God, look at the fruit, 46:17 go ahead verse 22 down to verse 25: 46:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 46:26 long suffering, kindness, goodness, 46:28 faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. 46:31 Against such there is no law. Okay, and look verse 24: 46:38 the flesh with its passions and desires. 46:41 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." 46:44 Isn't that powerful? 46:47 That is so amazingly powerful because 46:49 what is an essence saying here, those who are Christ, 46:52 in other words, if you belong to Him, 46:54 this is what you gonna see. 46:55 Now that really gets rid of the idea that 46:58 fruits of the spirits, crucified that term, 47:01 there no fruits plural of the spirit. 47:03 One fruit brings with it, love, joy, peace, long suffering. 47:07 Because one fruit Eve did not eat a different fruit 47:09 for each of these things that are in verse 19 to verse 21. 47:12 All this things are in the world today, 47:15 there was no fruit of murder, fruit of envy, fruit of hatred, 47:18 fruit of jealously, fruit of lying, 47:20 fruit of contention, fruit of adultery. 47:23 There was one fruit that brought all of this into the world. 47:28 See, and it says, by one man, 47:32 by one man, okay, so now, we are going back to... 47:37 Well, I have a comment on that, 47:38 go for it and I have opened a door here, you know, 47:42 you and I attended a pastor's meeting here recently, 47:44 and they had a couple come in. 47:46 And liked one of the statements that he made, 47:49 I thought it actually caused me do a lot of thinking here, 47:53 and he talked a lot about the old man. 47:56 You know, not letting the old man come up again. 47:58 And you know what are the evidences of that 48:01 old man trying to get back in. 48:04 Because you know, just because the old man is dead, 48:08 doesn't mean, it doesn't want to alive again. 48:11 So, anyway and that's what of course Romans 7 is all about. 48:14 But one of the things that he said was, 48:18 and think it just, it made an impact on me 48:20 that most of the time, we do our sinning, 48:25 we let the old man come back and he manifests himself. 48:29 When we know, we are right. 48:34 Okay, I am following you. 48:37 In another words in the church, there can be a lot, 48:41 there's a lot of people who know 48:43 how the church would handle certain matters. 48:46 Who know how people should behave, 48:49 who know how with the Bible says, 48:52 on certain subjects and people aren't following it, 48:54 they need to follow it. 48:56 There are people who have given themselves 48:59 to the perfecting of the saints. 49:01 And they do it in the spirit of the old man. 49:06 They are right in their theology, 49:11 they are right, in their assessment 49:15 of maybe characters in the church and situations, 49:19 they become wrong because the old man comes up, 49:23 and the spirit in which they come forward 49:26 to deal with certain situations or talk with individuals 49:30 or whatever it maybe, 49:32 it's the old man that they are doing it. 49:35 And listen to this, "This old man that they 49:38 are doing it in righteousness 49:40 they think includes, 49:45 hatred, contentions, jealously, 49:51 outburst, selfish ambitions, envy. 49:57 I'm picking up the ones that are too bad, 50:00 can you hear me what I am saying? 50:01 The ones that are so bad, but do you know what? 50:05 They are in the church, and they often, 50:07 they often come from those who assert they being right. 50:12 In a given situation, were they be theologically, 50:15 were it be lifestyle issues, I don't care what it is, 50:18 you hear what I am saying, lifestyle issues. 50:21 I mean sometimes and this is the difficult thing 50:24 of being a pastor is that even though you are right, 50:27 you cannot let the old man come back up 50:29 and deal with this situation because then you'll be in fact, 50:35 unchristian by the definition of Paul here. 50:39 In you know, whether or not you are in Christ 50:42 or living in the spirit of the old man sin. 50:45 That's right, you could be right theologically 50:46 but so wrong because the attitude that you display 50:49 when it comes to dealing with your brother 50:51 and your sister. 50:52 And that's what you are pointing out. 50:53 A lot of people just to say, well, I have the right diet, 50:56 I have the right day of worship, I have the right this 50:59 and right that, and right that. 51:00 But the spirit is all saying, hey, what are you jealous about, 51:03 what is this out burst of wrath, 51:05 what is this back biting, and God's list could go on 51:08 and on and on and on. Paul is just the abridges 51:11 the list right there in Romans. 51:12 I mean in Galatians, he abridges the list but you can go 51:15 to the other parts of the Bible and it talks about other things 51:20 that are dark works of the flesh. 51:22 Even coming home after Sabbath and in the group of friends 51:26 you pull together the criticism of the pastor message. 51:29 Oh, yeah, okay, back biting. I mean that little thing, 51:32 we don't realize, you know, you maybe 51:35 writing some elements of that, but that's very wrong 51:37 to be critical of it. 51:38 Because criticism is not God's design 51:42 or plan for your life. 51:44 It never can be, it never can be. 51:46 But you notice what's happening John, 51:48 all of this is happening because that person 51:50 is still married to the old man. 51:54 And this is the danger now, let me go it 51:55 and I have pointed out one of the dangers a moment ago, 51:58 one is saying I am married to Christ, 52:00 when in fact, I even haven' t been baptized. 52:04 But here's even more diabolical setting, 52:07 saying that I am well, I am not saying, 52:09 but I am baptized but I am displaying the behavior 52:13 of the old man I be married. 52:15 That's even as that's as just diabolical, 52:18 I am asserting my Baptism, I am saying, 52:22 I am in Christ, but I am displaying 52:23 all the characteristics that don't associate 52:26 with the new man I am married to. 52:28 But in Paul interweaves these teaching all through his word, 52:34 all through the Bible, not his but through God's word. 52:38 Notice how he talks about this and I mentioned 52:40 a moment ago that in 1st Corinthians 15 verse 22 52:43 the Bible says, as an Adam all die, 52:44 even so in Christ shall all be made alive, 52:48 all be made alive. 52:49 In other words, if you have and living, 52:51 thriving relationship with Christ, 52:53 you got to be in Him. 52:55 That where the new creation comes 52:57 in 2nd Corinthian 5 verse 17. 52:59 But now John read this for us go to Romans 5 53:01 because Paul pads Romans Chapter 6 53:06 with all the evidences of why we need Christ 53:09 so badly in our walk. 53:10 And I want you to read the verses here, 53:12 talking about these two men, 53:13 first of all read Romans 5 and verse 12: 53:16 Let's look at what the condition is, 53:18 this is what the old man has done for us. 53:20 "Therefore just as through one man's sin entered 53:23 the world and death through sin, 53:25 and thus death spread to all men because all sinned. 53:28 Exactly. 53:29 For into the laws sin is in the world but sin 53:31 is not imputed when there is no law. 53:33 Okay. Nevertheless death reigned 53:35 from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned 53:39 according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam 53:42 who is a type of him who was to come." 53:44 Okay, in another words, what's it's being said here, 53:46 even though they did'nt do anything like Adam 53:49 did they are effected by Adam. 53:51 Because it's the sin that reigns in them, 53:55 it's his nature that they have. 53:56 They didn't do anything wrong, so why I am under sin 53:59 because you are just like your father, as an Adam, all die 54:03 In 1st Corinthian 15 verse 22 54:05 But now it's gonna transgression to show the blessing 54:07 of being in Christ, and I want to try to go ahead 54:10 and jump right to it, look at verse 17 start there. 54:13 For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; 54:17 much more those who receive abundance of grace 54:21 and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life 54:23 through the one, Jesus Christ. 54:24 Look at the comparison verse 18 again 54:26 Therefore as through one man's offence judgment came 54:29 to all men resulting in condemnation; 54:31 even so through one man's righteous act, 54:34 the free gift came to all men resulting 54:37 in justification of life. 54:38 Beautiful again, and in verse 19 54:40 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, 54:44 so also by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. 54:48 For by one man's disobedience many were made sinners. 54:52 Disobedience. Yes. So also by one man's, 54:54 and notice in your Bible, man's the sect of different men, 54:56 two different men. 54:58 That old man is the one that was disobedient and notice, 55:02 and let's go down to verse 20 and 21 and end it there. 55:04 "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. 55:07 But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. 55:10 So that as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign 55:14 through righteousness to eternal life 55:16 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 55:18 It's all about Jesus, so what he says in verse, 55:21 moreover the law entered that sin might abound 55:23 that the offence might abound, the law entered 55:27 that the offence might abound. 55:28 For those who say they don't need God's law, 55:30 they need God's law because they don't know how offence 55:34 a sin is without God's law. 55:35 It makes it clear all the parameters of a righteous life 55:40 are outlined there. 55:41 And if you are not in the harmony with these parameters 55:43 it is offence to the God. 55:44 But the fillip side of that it says, when you accept 55:47 the fact that your life is offensive without Christ, 55:50 now you see your need of Christ. 55:52 In Baptism put that old man to death so the new man Christ 55:57 could reign in your life. 55:59 And that's why I think alternately what the Lord 56:02 wants is to baptize, to have us be baptized 56:06 in our decision to die at the old man 56:08 and to be raised in the resurrection 56:10 of the new life in Christ. 56:11 To coincide with the Baptism of the Holy Sprit. 56:15 Because where you come up the resurrection power 56:19 that is given to you through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit 56:22 now conducts your life as you walk in the Spirit 56:25 which is just a continuation of the original Baptism 56:29 that you had from the beginning. 56:31 You know one of the verses that are, 56:32 I'll just read real fast and I get real quick 56:35 before we end this program. 56:38 I am reading from Matthew 3:11 John the Baptist saying, 56:43 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance 56:45 that is you desire to turn from your old man to the new man, 56:50 repentance but he who is coming after me is mightier 56:54 than I who says I am not whether to carry, 56:56 he'll baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire. 56:59 That's right, Romans verse 6 Chapter 6 verse 14 57:03 and this is what the text actually meant, 57:04 For sin shall not have a dominion over you, 57:08 for you are not unto the law but under grace. 57:10 What law is he talking about, you are not under 57:12 law of your old husband, you are under now the grace 57:16 of Jesus Christ who is your new husband. 57:18 Praise God for that. 57:19 we have covered so much, you've got to rewind this tape 57:21 to understand it all just to in digest it. 57:23 Thank you John. 57:24 We are now walking in the spirit, 57:26 the one who baptizes us by fire and burns all the sin. 57:29 May you be baptized in the righteousness of Jesus 57:33 and may that walk with Christ begin today. 57:34 God bless you. Amen. |
Revised 2014-12-17